The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-10-21
Love And Repentance.

1t was at Saint VaIery-en -Caux, dur
ingthe bathingseason, that Nine. Alice
Vivien first met Roger de Beaumont.
Roger was finding the hours quite
tedious 1t that domestic resort.
He had noticed Nine. Vivien, who
was by far, the prettiest OF all the
fair bathers at the place, and he
thought that courtiug her would be a
very pleasant way OF varyingt mon
otonous life he was leading.
Nine. Vivien dwelt in a pretty cot
tage by the seaside. Her husband,
detained in Paris by his business,
could only manage to comedown once
q week and remain with her from Sat-
urday to Monday.
At the age of seventeen Alice had
been married to Mr.. Vivien, a gentle
man thIrty-fve years OF age, whose
devotion to her was q blending of love
with fatherly tenderness.
She was an honest, upright woman,
who would have repulsed Roger de
Beaumont had he begun by making
love to her.
But the young man was too shrswd
to proceed in this way. He under
stood the young woman's Ingenious
heart. and he endeavored to gain her
confidence by slow degrees.
He was the ideal of her most secret
thoughts; in a months time he had
gained her love, even before she her
self was ware of it.
Roger himself was beginning to take
an interest in the game he was play
ing. He even felt a growing passion
for that adorable and artles young
woman, and one evening, while with
her at the pier-head. where they had
to enjoy the breeze, he exclaimed
in q voice full OF emotion:
II love youl'
She tried to make him hush, to
show that che was offended; but he
whose ardor and boldness seemed
heightened by the charm and poetry
OF the delightful evening, continued
In a passionate tone:
II have loved yon since the first
day ! saw you'll And you love me, too!
/ know it, i feel it. Only let me wor-
ship you. Don't avoid me, don't re-
pulse met
"Hushl for heavens sake, hushl"
"Ohl do not answer me in that way
-me, who adore you; let me hope
that you will say that you love mel
AS he looked at her she seemed
ready to faint; shining teardrops
were yelling. and her little hand quiz
cred like a5captive bird.
"Let me 30" said she, in a voice
scarcely audible.
He escorted her to her gate, and,
bowling low, he said; II. shall expect
an answer; it will be a sentence of
death or a command to live
An avowal would perhaps have es-
y capped from Alice's lips had not the
noise OF footsteps and the sound of
voices fallen on her ear.
y Dreading to be seen, and already as
timorous as a guilty person, theyoung
woman withdrew and hastily entered
the house.
81 love him, tool" / love himl" MUIR
INJURED she, and remembering how
anxiously the young man had wished
for an avowel of her love, feeling her
heart Overlooking, she hastily wrote
with a feverish hand:
Roger. / love you, and shall inn.
patiently wait for tomorrow.
ALICE.
She smiled while thinking Of the
badness that would fill Rogers heart
when he read her letter, and notwith-
standing the lateness of the hour, she
FASTENED out to drop it in the letter
box.
She had barely returned to the
house when q vague Ieeling Of dread
began to Cypress her. The intoxica-
*ztion charm that had possessed her
was dIssipated, and to her mind came
the picture OF her husband, so confid-
Ing and loving.
rho next day, from the moment
she awoke, she had but onethought-
To get back her letter.
About four O'Clock ia the afternoon
she went to the casino, where she was
pre- 10 find Roger. who, as soon as he
aw her, advanced with out-stretched
ands, his eyes beaming with tri-
mphly Joy,
Sir, said she, yesterday 4 had q
oment Of folly; forget it pleased I
y not love you; swear III / have
Rver loved you'll and | shall never
I'VE you-nos neverl"
RQger disappointed, looked at her,